Thornton Cleans House Again at CSP Stock Car Shootout 100 Weekend

By admin September 7, 2015 Canyon Speedway Park

PEORIA, Ariz. (September 6, 2015) – For the second year in a row, Chandler, Arizona’s Ricky Thornton, Jr., made the most of Canyon Speedway Park’s “Stock Car Shootout 100” Labor Day Weekend double by picking off a pair of wins on Sunday night.

Not only did he capture the $2,000 winner’s share in Sunday night’s “Stock Car Shootout 100” finale for the second year in a row, he also completed a sweep of the weekend’s IMCA Modified action atop the 1/3-mile clay oval.

After timing in second quick among the 27-car Arizona Differential Pure Stock field and then racing up to second to earn the fourth starting position in Sunday’s Stock Car 100 Shootout finale, Thornton, Jr., capitalized on some late-race misfortune for Matt Martinez to take the big winner’s check for the second year in a row.

With Martinez suffering distributor problems in the latter stages of the 100-lapper for the Pure Stocks, Thornton, Jr., took command and raced on to the checkered flag ahead of Zack Madrid with fast qualifier Ty Warner rounding out the podium in third. Justin Thornton raced from 21^st to fourth with Joe Vlasity on his heels with a rally from 22^nd to round out the top five.

Thornton, Jr., continued his weekend mastery of the 9^th World Vapor IMCA Modified ranks as well, this time racing from the 12^th starting position to capture victory honors after racing from 10^th on Saturday night.

His seventh IMCA Modified win of the year at CSP on Sunday night came ahead of Steve Stultz with Brian Schultz, Jinger Kesler, and Nate Warren also among the top five.

Daniel Romero backed up his points lead in the Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive Renegade class by racing from fourth to capture his third win of the year ahead of Jason Crowe, Virgil McArthur, Ross Krajeck and Dustin Way.

Tyler Merrill rallied from seventh to add his third AMA Mod Lite triumph of the year at CSP by racing to the stripe ahead of 13^th-starter Brenden Priest and Josh Rivera while Glen Branham raced from sixth to claim his first Dwarf Car win ahead of Tim Cotherman and Tony Martin.

A busy September at Canyon Speedway Park continues with a Thursday, September 17, Open Practice from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. preceding the Mr. Excitement 40 Tribute to Terry Belcher featuring the West Coast Late Models, 9^th World Vapors IMCA Modifieds, Arizona Differential Pure Stocks, Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive Renegades and AMA Mod Lites on September 18-19.

Canyon Speedway Park

September 6, 2015

Arizona Differential Pure Stocks – Stock Car Shootout 100:

Qualifying (Saturday): 1. 51-Ty Warner 17.898, 2. 21m-Matt Martinez 17.946, 3. 55-Jason Schwader 18.007, 4. 7-Steve Bitting 18.095, 5. 04b-Chris McCurdy, Sr. 18.175, 6. 5J-Ricky Thornton, Jr. 18.206, 7. 47-Daren Olney 18.232, 8. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr. 18.232, 9. 53-Justin Thornton 18.244, 10. 5z-Zack Madrid 18.342, 11. 33y-David Jones 18.395, 12. 84-Mike Goodwin 18.419, 13. 68v-Joe Vlasity 18.480, 14. 14xxl-Michael Mabbitt 18.552, 15. 06-Marlowe Wrightsman 18.612, 16. 15-Speedy Madrid 18.691, 17. 51J-Gary Everett 18.740, 18. 3x-Jacob Madrid 18.772, 19. 2m-Robert McClelland 18.807, 20. 24-Josh Carter 18.866, 21. 8-Nate Warren 19.062, 22. 9-Jeff Carter 19.507, 23. 97-Larry Gordon 19.527, 24. 3-Ashley Stafford 19.549, 25. 28x-Donnie Yates 19.689, 26. 3d-David Harrington 19.711, 27. 41-Robert Linn 20.218.

Shootout Qualifying Race One (15 Laps – Saturday): 1. 33y-David Jones, 2. 47-Daren Olney, 3. 51-Ty Warner, 4. 04b-Chris McCurdy, Sr., 5. 06-Marlowe Wrightsman, 6. 2m-Robert McClelland, 7. 8-Nate Warren, 8. 28x-Donnie Yates, 9. 97-Larry Gordon, 10. 51J-Gary Everett, 11. 41-Robert Linn, 12. 55-Jason Schwader, 13. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 14. 53-Justin Thornton.

Shootout Qualifying Race Two (15 Laps – Saturday): 1. 21m-Matt Martinez, 2. 5J-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 3. 5z-Zack Madrid, 4. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 5. 7-Steve Bitting, 6. 24-Josh Carter, 7. 15-Speedy Madrid, 8. 3-Ashley Stafford, 9. 84-Mike Goodwin, 10. 14xxl-Michael Mabbitt, 11. 3x-Jacob Madrid, 12. 3d-David Harrington, 13. 3-Jeff Carter.

Stock Car Shootout 100 “A” Main (100 Laps – Sunday): 1. 5j-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 2. 5z-Zack Madrid, 3. 51-Ty Warner, 4. 53-Justin Thornton, 5. 68v-Joe Vlasity, 6. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 7. 84-Mike Goodwin, 8. 2m-Robert McClelland, 9. 15-Speedy Madrid, 10. 33y-David Jones, 11. 7-Steve Bitting, 12. 06-Marlowe Wrightsman, 13. 55-Jason Schwader, 14. 47-Daren Olney, 15. 97-Larry Gordon, 16. 3x-Jacob Madrid, 17. 9-Jeff Carter, 18. 8-Nate Warren, 19. 14xxl-Michael Mabbitt, 20. 51j-Gary Everett, 21. 21m-Matt Martinez, 22. 24-Josh Carter, 23. 04b-Chris McCurdy, Sr., 24. 3d-David Harrington, 25. 3-Ashley Stafford, 26. 41-Robert Linn.

9^th World Vapor IMCA Modifieds:

Heat One: 1. 45-Ryan Roath, 2. L8-Brian Schultz, 3. X04-Mike Strobl, 4. 2r-Robert Weimer, 5. 88n-Nick O’Nell, 6. 76c-Jeff Collinsworth, 7. 4h-Don Hagan, 8. 87-Clifton Maggard.

Heat Two: 1. 78-Steve Stultz, 2. 00-Nate Warren, 3. 12-Guy Norton, 4. 74-Garrett Funk, 5. 11x-Shawn Zelenka, 6. 40-Jeff Stafford, 7. 23-Ryan Eaden, 8. 3rw-T.J. Millington.

Heat Three: 1. 29jk-Jinger Kesler, 2. 75c-Bo Partain, 3. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 4. 19-Jay Foster, 5. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 6. 41-George Fronsman, 7. 34dd-Billy Carron.

“A” Feature: 1. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 2. 78-Steve Stultz, 3. L8-Brian Schultz, 4. 29jk-Jinger Kesler, 5. 00-Nate Warren, 6. 88n-Nick O’Nell, 7. X04-Mike Strobl, 8. 74-Garrett Funk, 9. 11x-Shawn Zelenka, 10. 45-Ryan Roath, 11. 41-George Fronsman, 12. 12-Guy Norton, 13. 75c-Bo Partain, 14. 40-Jeff Stafford, 15. 40jr-Bubba Stafford, 16. 23-Ryan Eaden, 17. 87-Clifton Maggard, 18. 4h-Don Hagan, 19. 2r-Robert Weimer, 20. 19-Jay Foster, 21. 34dd-Billy Carron, 22. 3rw-T.J. Millington, 23. 76c-Jeff Collinsworth.

Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive Renegades:

Qualifying Race: 1. 13-Jason Crowe, 2. 9-Paul O’Connor, 3. 23jr-Chris McCurdy, Jr., 4. 45k-Mark Kilian, 5. 47-Virgil McArthur, 6. 16r-Ross Krajeck, 7. 88-Tyler Bennett, 8. 24L-Ross Langer, 9. 75-Merle Zachrison, 10. 48-Mike Hartsock, 11. 48x-Alison Groh, 12. 08-Michelle Halfhill, 13. 68v-Justin Robbins, 14. 57p-Collin Phipps, 15. 85-Joe Peterson.

“A” Feature: 1. 64-Daniel Romero, 2. 13-Jason Crowe, 3. 47-Virgil McArthur, 4. 16r-Ross Krajack, 5. 51d-Dustin Way, 6. 85-Joe Peterson, 7. XX-Chuck Thornton, 8. 57p-Colin Phipps, 9. 16b-Richard Bennett, 10. 23-Chris McCurdy, Sr., 11. 68v-Justin Robbins, 12. 88-Tyler Bennett, 13. 48-Mike Hartsock, 14. 08-Michelle Halfhill, 15. 48x-Alison Groh, 16. 75-Merle Zachrison, 17. 45k-Mark Kilian, 18. 24L-Ross Langer, 19. 9-Paul O’Connor.

AMA Mod Lites:

Heat Winners: 14-Josh Rivera, 75-Chaz Baca, Jr., 88-Tyler Merrill.

“B” Feature: 1. 1-Brenden Priest, 2. 86-Kyle Klein, 3. 96-Hayden Bender, 4. 15-Ken Young, 5. 69-Chris Attel, 6. 421-Bryan Klein, 7. 95-Collin Bender, 8. 53az-Karl Ackley, 9. 18-Jake Kruse, 10. 23-Joeleen Storck, 11. 26-Jake Boyle.

“A” Feature: 1. 88-Tyler Merrill, 2. 1-Brenden Priest, 3. 14-Josh Rivera, 4. 51-John Priest, 5. 86-Kyle Klein, 6. 114-Sean Conyers, 7. 15-Ken Young, 8. 96-Hayden Bender, 9. 97-Steve Bender, 10. 99-Adam Etcher, 11. 2k-Taylor Kuehl, 12. 91-Sarah Houton, 13. 333-Shane Hinsley, 14. 421-Bryan Klein, 15. 95-Collin Bender, 16. 69-Chris Attel, 17. 33-Mike Schmidt, 18. 116-Jim Hock, 19. 77x-Austin Kuehl, 20. 75-Chaz Baca, Jr.

Dwarf Cars:

Heat Winners: 09-Tim Cotherman, 9-Glen Branham, 29-Cory Brown.

“A” Feature: 1. 9-Glen Branham, 2. 09-Tim Cotherman, 3. 41-Tony Martin, 4. 29-Cory Brown, 5. 88-Ed Schuhlke, 6. 2n-Cale Rudy, 7. 44-Daniel Lamm, 8. 46-Kevin Davis, 9. 11-Heather Hennessey, 10. 47-Steve Kapaun, 11. 90-Randy Deines, 12. 10-Helen Hennessey, 13. 93-A.J. Breau, 14. 66-Frank Rhodes, 15. 84-Jesse Kuntz, 16. 38-Jeff Foster, 17. 96-Tyler Inscore, 18. 43-Rob Deines, 19. 33x-Greg Jewett, 20. 55-John Levitt, 21. 29jk-Jinger Kesler, 22. 12-Pat Hennessey, 23. 40-Ryan Hennessey, 24. 7k-Mark Marshall, 25. 7-Eric Muse.

Sources: Lonnie Wheatley/Canyon Speedway Park PR